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... Lord Cornwallis and his Council , accepted his offer to preside over the undertaking , and his staff of native experts , considerably increased , was taken into the Government service . On his monument by Flaxman , in the chapel of ...
... Lord Cornwallis and his Council , accepted his offer to preside over the undertaking , and his staff of native experts , considerably increased , was taken into the Government service . On his monument by Flaxman , in the chapel of ...
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... Lord Coke's Reports ' in verse was in existence ; and he gravely remarks that , if the verse had been smoother and the law more accurate , every student might have been advised to use it . Now , the Sanscrit law - books are sometimes in ...
... Lord Coke's Reports ' in verse was in existence ; and he gravely remarks that , if the verse had been smoother and the law more accurate , every student might have been advised to use it . Now , the Sanscrit law - books are sometimes in ...
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... Lords . But these modern Second Chambers reverse to a great extent the functions of the ancient assemblies , known , from their names and otherwise , to have originally consisted of old men . The Second Chamber is nowadays assumed to ...
... Lords . But these modern Second Chambers reverse to a great extent the functions of the ancient assemblies , known , from their names and otherwise , to have originally consisted of old men . The Second Chamber is nowadays assumed to ...
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... Lord thy God I have 6 • brought away the hallowed things out of my house I have not transgressed thy commandments , neither have I forgotten them I have not eaten . • A thereof in my mourning ; nor have I taken 58 CHAP . III . ANCESTOR ...
... Lord thy God I have 6 • brought away the hallowed things out of my house I have not transgressed thy commandments , neither have I forgotten them I have not eaten . • A thereof in my mourning ; nor have I taken 58 CHAP . III . ANCESTOR ...
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... in Gautama , XXVIII . 19. 18 : ' A father who has no male offspring may appoint his daughter to raise up a son for him , presenting burnt offerings to Agni and to Pragâpati , the lord of CHAP . IV . 91 ANCESTOR - WORSHIP AND INHERITANCE .
... in Gautama , XXVIII . 19. 18 : ' A father who has no male offspring may appoint his daughter to raise up a son for him , presenting burnt offerings to Agni and to Pragâpati , the lord of CHAP . IV . 91 ANCESTOR - WORSHIP AND INHERITANCE .
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